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Fire Extinguisher Safety Zone, Super-Useful Website and Handy Vacuum Tool Mar. 07, 2017

Everyday Cheapskate

What do fire extinguishers, hard-to-find phone numbers and handy dandy cleaning tools have in common... Read More

Wool Dryer Balls Are Safe for People and Dryers, Plus a Privacy Trick Feb. 28, 2017

Everyday Cheapskate

Dear Mary: The wool dryer balls sound interesting, but what if a person is allergic to wool? I am al... Read More

Worried About a Soldier Feb. 22, 2017

Dear AnnieĀ®

Dear Annie: I am 13 years old, and I have a problem that I am too embarrassed to talk about with any... Read More

Classic Ann Landers Feb. 19, 2017

Classic Ann Landers

Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More

Take 911 off Speed Dial Feb. 16, 2017

Lenore Skenazy

If you see something, say something. That campaign, launched in New York after 9/11 and rolled out n... Read More

The Right Way to Oppose the Muslim Ban Feb. 07, 2017

Froma Harrop

Donald Trump says his ban on people entering the country from seven predominantly Muslim countries w... Read More

Classic Ann Landers Jan. 29, 2017

Classic Ann Landers

Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More

The Trailer Jan. 21, 2017

Katiedid Langrock

It was cinematic. The loud bang. The huge pull-behind trailer flying through the air, twisting and s... Read More

Hating on Moms Jan. 19, 2017

Lenore Skenazy

Remember the bad old days when a rape victim would show up in court and the defense attorney would s... Read More

Is 'Stranger Rape' More Troubling than 'Date Rape'? Jan. 12, 2017

Froma Harrop

A New York City police captain said he regards "true stranger rapes" as "more troubling" than rapes ... Read More

The 10 Least Free-Range Moments of 2016 Dec. 22, 2016

Lenore Skenazy

It was the year of Pokemon panic — any toy that gets kids outside must be dangerous — an... Read More

A Public Service Dec. 20, 2016

Thomas Sowell

Sometimes someone inadvertently performs a public service by bringing an unbelievably stupid and dan... Read More

The Left's Gambles Dec. 06, 2016

Thomas Sowell

Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, even when we don't have enough information to know how t... Read More

When Squirrels Attack Nov. 10, 2016

Lenore Skenazy

A squirrel chomped the leg of a senior citizen sitting on the porch of a retirement home in Deltona,... Read More

Secrets of My Crash-Survival Plan Nov. 07, 2016

Everyday Cheapskate

You may know that I travel a lot. What you probably don't know (and how would you, since I've only e... Read More

Watch It, You Idiot! Oct. 26, 2016

Dear AnnieĀ®

Dear Annie: My husband and I often take car trips together up and down the East Coast to visit famil... Read More

About Those Clowns... Oct. 13, 2016

Lenore Skenazy

Let's face it; clowns are creepy. In a way, this current craziness has finally brought that fact out... Read More

Houseplants in Fall Aug. 31, 2016

A Greener View

I once stopped to help a man whose car had flipped over and off the road. The car was smoking like i... Read More

Inexpensive Kitchen Tools Everyone Should Own Jul. 21, 2016

Everyday Cheapskate

Whether you're a newlywed, recent grad moving into your first apartment or one of the reported 32 pe... Read More

Challenges for Black People: Part II Jul. 20, 2016

Walter E. Williams

The prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people —... Read More